Activists and City Leaders Rally for the Next Generation

In response to this crisis, San Francisco families and political leaders gathered Saturday to support Coleman Advocates’ “Next Generation” campaign. The campaign addresses the three problem areas that parents in the survey identified. It calls for – by the year 2011 – doubling the current affordable housing plan from 1,550 homes for families to 3,100, and for raising the level of school achievement to the point where at least 60 percent of students in all racial groups have the opportunity to attend college.

In San Francisco, less than one in five households have children, compared to one in three in Oakland. The city has the lowest child population (15 percent) of any major U.S. city. The enormous increase in housing prices in recent years has driven many families out of the city.

Among the bigger names at the rally were Mayor Gavin Newsom, State Senator Carole Migden and Supervisors Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi, and Tom Ammiano. The names of city political leaders were written on a large sign on the side of the stage. Each name had a box next to it, where a check mark would be placed if the person was in favor of the Next Generation agenda.

Read More
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4506#more